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  • Clearance resumes as EPA clears Custom House building

    Clearance resumes as EPA clears Custom House building

    KARACHI: Customs clearance has been resumed after a briefed period of closure as Environment Protection Agency (EPA) cleared the Custom House Karachi from any threat owing to spread of toxic gas.

    Wasif Memon, Chief Collector Pakistan Customs, on Monday said that all customs clearance operation had been resumed.

    He said that EPA had cleared the building and there was no threat detected.

    He said that National Bank branch of Custom House, Karachi was also started receiving duty and taxes for customs clearance.

    Earlier in the day the port activities and customs clearance were suspended as precautionary measures in the wake of mysterious toxic gas which claimed at least five lives.

    The unidentified leakage of poisonous gas claimed around five lives and around 100 were faint yester day. The authorities have so far unable to find out the root cause of the gas leakage.

    An official at Pakistan Customs said that the Custom House Karachi had been evacuated as precautionary measures as officials were facing breathing problems.

    “Not a single person at Custom House Karachi was faint,” said Syed Ifran Ali, senior customs official. “However, taking precautionary measures the Custom House has been evacuated,” he added.

    He said that customs clearing has also been suspended and main branch of National Bank at Custom House, Karachi was also closed.

    The official said that the port activities had also been suspended while taking precautionary measures.

  • FBR bans entry of unauthorized persons, Lappoos into custom houses

    FBR bans entry of unauthorized persons, Lappoos into custom houses

    KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has restricted entry of unauthorized persons, including privately hired persons by customs officials (Lappoos), into custom houses with immediate effect.

    In a statement issued on Monday, Pakistan Customs said that FBR chairman Syed Muhammad Shabbar Zaidi ordered the ban on entry of unauthorized persons into customs station in order to ensure transparency in clearance system.

    The FBR chairman while taking notice of presence of large number of visitors for making the entire clearance system doubtful, had ordered Customs Wing to strictly restrict, entry into Customs Houses, only to the concerned traders, their authorized representatives and members and relevant trade bodies/ associations.

    Accordingly Customs Wings is in process of issuing instructions to its field formations for immediately restricting entry of all un-authorized persons, the statement said.

    The visiting hours for traders and their authorized representatives for fulfillment of needed legal formalities in cases involving second review before Assistant / Deputy Collectors shall be limited from 10:00 Am to 1:00 PM.

    The press release said that Pakistan Customs is operating its Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) system in order to facilitate the trade and provide ease of doing business in carrying out imports, exports and transit trade.

    This system is available 24/7 and allows on-line submission and processing of documents as well as electronic payments of duty and taxes.

    As such the need for traders and their representatives to physically visit offices of Customs has drastically been reduced.